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· 11/20/1882

Oil Co. v. Van Etten

Citations

  • 107 U.S. 325
  • 1 S. Ct. 178
  • 27 L. Ed. 319
  • 1882 U.S. LEXIS 1224
  • 17 Otto 325

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  • “[t]he very spirit of trial by jury is that the experience, practical knowledge of affairs, and common sense of jurors, may be appealed to, to mediate the inconsistencies of the evidence, and reconcile the extravagances of opposing theories of the parties”

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Judges: Matthews

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